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[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] “Suffice it to say that volatility and risk are not the same thing, but that for reasons which remain obscure most of the investment world chooses to treat them as if they are. The only one that
In a bizarre story disclosed over the weekend, we learned that Belgium’s Princess Astrid was robbed by two assailants on a motorbike. The thieves apparently approached her while she was sitting in traffic, smashed in her window, snatched the Royal Handbag, and sped off with over 2,000 euros in cash.
On July 1, 2005, the Chairman of then President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors told a reporter from CNBC that, “We’ve never had a decline in house prices on a nationwide basis. So, what I think is more likely is that house prices will slow, maybe stabilize, might
“Offshore”. It’s practically a dirty word now. The O-word. The mere concept of “offshore” is automatically associated with criminal activity, tax evasion, and terror financing. Consider the notion of offshore banking. The immediate image that comes to mind is some moustache-twirling billionaire tax cheat hiding his ill-gotten gains in a
All governments make absurd claims. But North Korea definitely wins the award for the most comical. Kim Jong-Il, North Korea’s “Dear Leader” from 1997 through 2011, had some priceless gems, including: He never once in his life needed to urinate or defecate He wrote over 1,500 books for North Korea’s
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager, is filling in for Simon today.] JW: “..Someone like Neil Woodford, star investor, who set up his own fund; he says the fundamentals of the economy will be unmoved [by Brexit] either way.. RA: “Well I’m afraid that every, every serious economic forecaster
Shocking. Astonishing. Jaw dropping. There’s just no other way to describe how cheap South Africa is right now. Between the worldwide decline in commodities prices, and a major crisis of confidence in the national government here, the local currency (South African rand) remains at the lowest level it’s been… ever.
Very few people know this about me. But, despite me being 37 years old, I actually have a little sister who recently turned 18 and just graduated from high school. Technically she’s my half-sister– after my parents got divorced, my father remarried and had another child when I was 19.
Just days ago, in the midst of the Puerto Rico debt morass, 24 members of Congress introduced the “No Bailouts for State, Territory, and Local Governments Act.” The title pretty much sums it up. Congress knows there’s a massive wave of defaults looming at the city and state level. Detroit
[Editor’s note: Tim Price, London-based wealth manager and frequent Sovereign Man contributor, is filling in while Simon is en route to Europe.] As human beings it’s in our nature to seek out a great deal. Whether we bag a steep discount on a new car, or stumble across that hidden
Out here in Eastern Washington’s Yakima Valley are beautiful, seemingly endless fields of abundance and wealth. But not ‘wealth’ in the conventional sense. I’m not talking about paper money that’s conjured out of thin air by central bankers. I’m talking about real wealth. Real assets. Growing up in a lower
Almost one year ago to the day, I introduced you to Joe— a US Army combat veteran who lost his leg while deployed to Afghanistan in 2010. Joe’s story was unfortunately all too familiar… except for one major twist. Joe’s particular wound was so severe that the Army had to
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